Simon Burge wrote:
> "Garrett D'Amore" wrote:
>
>   
>> Btw, some programs in /bin/ and /sbin/ were probably missed.  ps for
>> example.  But some of these programs use the nlist from the running
>> system instead of relying on /netbsd, and hence, don't even need this
>> silly @booted_kernel garbage.
>>     
>
> Please check before suggesting programs like ps.  ps uses sysctls only
> when run on a live system.
>   

Hmm... I was reading the code and it certainly looked like it at least
did a kvm_openfiles() (using ksyms) unconditionally.  But maybe I've
misread the code.

>   
>> These ones *don't* work:
>>
>> vmstat
>> netstat
>> pmap
>> fstat
>> systat
>> pstat
>> ifmcstat
>>     
>
> Do you have a working /dev/ksyms?  At least vmstat and netstat I use
> regularly on embedded boards with no /netbsd.
>
> At this stage I still believe that savecore is the only program that
> cares where the kernel is, as long as you have working ksyms.
>   

I'm not sure.  I probably don't have working ksyms.  Easy enough to fix
though.  :-)

    -- Garrett
> Simon.
> --
> Simon Burge                            <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
> NetBSD Support and Service:         http://www.wasabisystems.com/
>   


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General Dynamics C4 Systems
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